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grades 3–8 participate in the Field
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and boys. The school opened in 1957 in the offices and crypt of Grace
Cathedral with 10 students in 4th and 5th grades, slowly expanding to 1st through 8th grades by 1962 and opening a Kindergarten in 1972. The school reached its current size in 1995 with the addition of a second section in the Upper School grades, bringing the student body to a size of 265.
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of all the classrooms in the original school building.
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1760:Private K–8 schools in California
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988:Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep.
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